3-Night Trip to Chicago by Air
You’ll find that The Windy City has something for everyone with its deep-rooted musical heritage, stunning skyline, deep-dish pizza, and vibrant cultural scene.
Program Summary
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You’ll find that The Windy City has something for everyone with its deep-rooted musical heritage, stunning skyline, deep-dish pizza, and vibrant cultural scene.
Program Highlights & Inclusions
- Round trip flights to your destination
- Professional tour manager with your group throughout the tour
- Private Motor coach transportation throughout your tour
- Three nights Hotel accommodations in the Chicago area
- Admission to the Museum of Science and Industry
- Visit the new McDonald’s Mothership in Chicago
- Admission to the Art Institute of Chicago
- Narrated architecture cruise on the Chicago River
- Admission to the Skydeck
- Admission to the The Field Museum
- Admission to the Shedd Aquarium, Includes access to exhibits in Oceanarium, Wild Reef, Aquarium galleries and Special Exhibit
- Free time at Navy Pier
- Two hour guided tour – Chicago’s Original Gangster Tour
- Visit to Millennium Park
- Admission to the Adler Planetarium with a show at the Definiti Space Theater or the Samuel C. Johnson Family Star Theater.
- Free time at the Magnificent Mile
- Admission to Six Flags of America
Daily Itinerary
You’ll depart on your flight.
When you arrive in Chicago, you will meet your tour manager and board your bus to continue your tour.
You will visit the Art Institute of Chicago. This Classical Renaissance structure, guarded by two bronze lions at its entrance, boasts one of the world’s great art collections, including the trademark “American Gothic.”
You will experience the beauty of Chicago is on a sightseeing architecture river tour. This 60-minute tour takes you past dozens of world-renowned buildings, including Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, Marina City, Trump Tower and Willis (Sears) Tower. Shoreline’s professional and entertaining guides will enthrall you with the stories behind these and dozens of other Chicago landmarks.
You will enjoy spectacular views spanning up to four states from atop the Chicago Skydeck.
After dinner, you’ll arrive at your hotel and check in.
After breakfast, you’ll board your bus and depart the hotel for the day.
You will enjoy live science experiences at the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere at the Museum of Science and Industry
You’ll visit the new McDonald’s mothership restaurant in Chicago. You’ll get to sample a unique McDonald’s menu while you sit and watch the action out on the street from the floor-to-ceiling glass windows that wrap around the building. This McDonald’s is an one-of-a-kind experience.
After lunch, you’ll visit the Field Museum. It is one of America’s premier natural history museums. The Field’s “Live over Time” exhibit now houses “Sue,” the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered.
You will visit the Shedd Aquarium, the largest indoor aquarium in the world, with more than 8,000 aquatic animals.
After dinner, you will explore Navy Pier. Located on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, Navy Pier showcases a unique collection of restaurants and shops in addition to unequaled recreational and exhibition facilities – in a setting like no other!
After breakfast, you’ll board your bus for the day.
For two hours you’ll take a guided tour on your bus and… EXPERIENCE…Chicago as it was during the 1920s and 30s! SEE…the old gangster hot spots and hit spots! HEAR…historically accurate accounts of the exploits of Capone, Moran, Dillinger and the rest a da boys! FEEL…the excitement of jazz-age Chicago during the era of Prohibition! ENJOY…a journey into the past as you cruise the city in search of the old hoodlum haunts, brothels, gambling dens and sites of gangland shootouts!
You’ll visit Millennium Park, where you’ll see the amazing art and architecture including the reflective Kapoor Sculpture at Cloud Gate, the BP Bridge, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and more.
You will see stars at the Adler Planetarium. The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was the first planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence today.
You will enjoy free time to explore the Magnificent Mile.
After dinner, you’ll return to the hotel.
After breakfast, you’ll check out of your hotel room.
You’ll board your bus and depart the hotel for the day.
You’ll visit Six Flags of America. You’ll have a thrilling day riding all the amusements and seeing all that the park offers.
You’ll head to the airport for your return trip home.
